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Telegram-herald., 1887-10-17
ITALIANS or P1lLsOeLpHls.

The Brief GAiiaAssd - ftalias Bsys sad
G4rls whs s~4ra4 - tie 0s4ker city
A. alxa, haif tas poprlatiea sleep oat q
asofs, ssf1sF Ga the Foof 90 80 t1s paFeaseat.
IL IS a very somusn sisas u see t.s heavy
maa slrss. a-i s,,4e a. fai i-nzlh - ice Fass
meat asieep. sltn as bead ln a.s ~its's lsq.
s1s trsing - support h.in and sep - tas
same tla.s. a ra.asf 8.if.ealt ie4r. Here it -s
t1af 4=alh reaps lr- tsrEi1.= harvest daring
tls lof season al tils tabIss de hke rs-.
10 sas pays aslsa aileutlou.tg asaIn here r.
- 100 common. 4 sasf nl.sg o. less -
notalag seinslines a fi-,e II muslin IA
hs4 of Grape = hang al the trent door, blt
oft~aer not Far mere frequently the oniy
sign q death Is 'sh~n TIE eifys hired sttsn-
d4nts cone sad taxs ths oody away q give
ir. ~has tAs family cannot, csosns burial
The n4mL~r u chilar~n her~4as1uts IS count
iess. IaeY ssarn 0a every E2Bd aad seem
ingy thrive ~t~re an American cniid would
die. I4s sailiaoed Of AZ Italian Ioy Or girl
10 short. however. The warm biooi ~ their
rare sriags taen 70 maturity a. tas ass q; =
o. ~ and az - they are oid au1 wr.nkiei
The pretty olive face ~ ils hltl~ girl a. the
fruit stand ~lli tan years hence Do horrible.
a. a llass when Lsr American sister Is a. the
zenith u asf beauty. The gay bodice. snort
ssirt Deat hose aud the wondsousiy colored
ksfeElsr on rhe head always make al Italian
~oaian interesting Noa.d Tie same could
lie s4ld " re rlsiL
Many a niodsru enactment n Romeo and
juliet caa be seen here IA Little itdly' and
n4ay a tragedy occurs which never reaches
shs ears - tAs authorities Treacherous and
cunning ia Tie extreme, the sllgntest occur
reucs .fords = psetsx- 70 draw The ever pres
ear stlisteo an1 tartist lt into the offenders
lax Rarely Is The Italian courageous enough
q llse- another Ia fair combat. Like the In
{ an they never forget nor fcrgiys wrong,
bat year. after, perhaps, When Ihe unsusrect-
tng victim has lost All remembrance Of the af-
far, be wiii lie ia Uait for han and wreak out
hls treasured verge .nc---P Philadelphia Times.
Telegram-herald., 1887-10-17

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
e.a.. j 3, nlI.oI. R.nro.a Tragedy.

10. Baker, president Of the Illinois So
ciety OF Engineers and professor OF civil
engineering in the University ni Illinois,
has returned from a careful examination
OF tho engineering problems OF the Chats
worth disaster and an examination oil the
condition OF other bridges and culyerts
and protection ON fire given those eul-
verts by road officials and hands. lie
says;
The ~incendiary theory has no foundation
whatever. He w~nsunable, personally. tofind
any citizens OF Chatsworth who had seen
such characters lettering about, as report
ed by that theory. The flames oil burn.
ing culvert we're plainly seen IRON Chats
worth at intervals for several hours before
the accident. From the lay Of the land
they must have risen five or six ieet above
the track To have been seen so FAR. II is
plaiE that an attempt had been made to pro
tect the bridges Of the road from hre,
but a personal inspection oil
other culyerts in that vicinity
shows that il ives not done so as to afford
complete protection. Personal inspection
along the line OF tho road for sixteen miles
shows that grass and weeds were not all
burned off, hut many patches were left VI
burned and in the Immediate vicinity it
was more earelecsiy done. The culyert 1t.
self was OF the usual type aud abbndaptly
strong to carry the train but for the fire
whie had destroyed the lower timbers.
He thinks it probable that the fire left by
the section men late IN the afternoon who
where. by their own testimony, burning
the grass only forty rods away, was driy-
en- down to the cuivert after they left by
change OF wind. Otherwise il is possible
that sparks from the special traiu of the
superintendent OF bridges, the last train
before the iateint excursion. kindled in the
grass near the culyert and burned slowly
Sert.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25


Hon. Henry NJ. Knox. superintendent
Of banks has just prepared an abstract
Of bank reports made to him, showing the
condition OF the state banks Of Minnesota
at She close OF business on Saturday. July
%. 1887. and ior comparison an abstract
OF the last statement, July 81, 1886.
A study OF the table discloses a very sat
is~iaetory condition in the affairs OF the
banks, and IL an evidence OF the growing
prosperity Of the state. The increase in
the number OF banks during the year ID 10;
net increase in ~rcsourres. So ,42S, 2S7.
The principal changes in round numbers
are ms follows: Increase In capital.
$S64,400; increase In Surplus, $l37.
500; other profits $219. 500; increase in
Individual profits. $4,013,300: in.
crease in loans. IS. o64, quo; in stocks
and bonds. Sc 96, 500; in cash means. ST..
$780, SOC. The reserve in banks is 1899
per cent. in cash 1880 per cent. making a
total OF 81. 20 per cent. considerably above
the 20 per cent. required by law.
The report OF the seven savings banks ID
not completed, but enough is prepared to
show q healthy progress in these institu-
tions.
The total reserve in the seven banks ID
81, 242, s91 20, showing an Increase OF
k236, 361.
The loans Tor the year foot up $2,6S6.,
535. a decrease CT Si04. 900.
There are stocks and bonds, $717, 712.-
06, an increase OF $226, 900; balances due
from banks. $3.50, sS3.53 I, an increase oil
1886, 121.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
At LAST.
An Irish Girl Emulates n Example
of Queen Victoria In Proposing.

An Irish Girl Emulates n Example
of Queen Victoria In Proposing.
Henry n. Crosse, a well-to-do Ger
man at Scotia, Neb., has lived for fifty
nine years in the happy state of celibacy,
and having no wife or children to
squander the fruit Of his frugality, he
has thrived and waxed fat in pelf. But
during all these years Of bachelor pros
perity the little god of the bow has
only been quietly ripening q plot that
would hopelessly entangle the obdurate
heart of the old celibate. Ella Moran,
a shrewd, quick-witted daughter OF
Erin, became acquainted with the
fatherly Deutseher. She heard of his
wealth, and the sympathies Of her
young heart went out to the lonely old
man who had nothing to cheer him but
his gold. Pity is akin to love. and ere
long she made him q declaration of her
passion, declaring he was her ideal of
manly beauty and the incarnation of all
that is noble. The old man, unused to
the ardent vocabulary of the divine
passion, shrank in astonishment, but
the Irish beauty was not to be put off
in such a manner, but pressed the suit
with all the ~pertinacity of her sex and
the Establishments of her race. The
long-slumberIng affections of the old
man were finally aroused, and, rs the
poet fttingly expresses it, HE first en-
dured, then pitied, then embraced"
Then followed all the happy scenes of
courtship, with moonlight walks and
talks. sandwlehed with kisses. But
the newly acquired liberties of court
ship knew not their proper bounds.
and ere many happy months had passed
Miss Ella, with tears in her eyes,, told
him the old, old chesnut-that he must
marry her Immediately. She further
told him he must give her half of his
property. Credulous as a child. and
unread in the tenents of American law,
the gallant old lover accepted the situa-
ton, andhurried off to get the necessary
documents. The marriage license, the
answers to the various requirements
of which had been kindly prepared by
another hand. was drawn mp in due
form. But when he was informed
that this vas the only document neces-
sary to make him all right with the
young lady, and that no deed of proper
ty vas at all requisite. his surprise was
only exceeded by his delight and he
hurried from the courthouse yester-
day to claim his bride and consumate
the matrimonial contract. This hap
pened Yesterday. and ere this it is sup
posed he is back at Scotia, and the
sweets of courtship have been suppressed
ed by the rartures of the honeymoon
OUlnhn Rec
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
The Loses nv the prou,h.

X. G Dun & Co. IS Weekly Trade Review
has the following: Short crops in 1881
proved the turning point OF business for
seven years. and the drouth this year,
though resulting in less injury to ciops,
comes at a time when real estate values at
the West have been unusually inflated.
The agricultural bureau reports losses
which annot be repaired TO a considerable
part OF the crops. The work OF destruc-
ton continued ten days after bureau re-
ports were made before rain came, and the
aggregate loss OF farmers must exceed
$500, 600, 600. A difference is inevitable
in the purchase OF manufactured and i'm
ported goods by the Northwest. Interior
reports are uniformly good as to the
volume Of business, though at Galveston
a good many orders have been counter
manded Collections are dull at Kansas
City and slow at Omaha, and money Is
more stringent at Philadelphia, with con-
%tinuing eloseness at Kansas City and
Cleveland. Tn business failure through
out the country during the last seven days
number for the United States 151, and for
Canada 20.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25

1t appears that the deposits in
twenty-four SAYINGS banks in New
York city alone have been increased
by eight million dollars since
the first of last January. while
the number OF depositors has also
increased by seventeen thousand
persons. Throughout the state the
total increase in bank deposits for the
same six months adds up to twenty
millions. The savings banks constr
tute a better "anti-poverty society"
than that OF George and McGlynn.
and so also do homesteads in city
or country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25

In the August number OF the North
American Review is q aper by Wong
Chin Foo entitled why l Am a
Heathen." The writer. alter some
years spent in this country, has no
doubt of the wisdom OF still remain
ing among the heather. .'The only
y tive point" he says, Christians
impressed on teathenism is that
they would sacrifice religion, honor,
principle, as they do life, for-goId."
and he concludes with an earnest and
calm invitation to the Christians OF
America to JOIN him in following
Confucius.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
rx.s.er,,.ry Lincoln Dread. the whit, Hou.,

When he was in Washington n few days
ago Frank Hatton related some facts in
regard to ex- Secretary Lincoln's aversion
to the idea OF being a candidate for me
presidency. He says
No one can doubt the absolute sincerity
Of the ex-secretary in protesting ngainst
any movement being made in his behalf.
He implores his friends il they have any re-
gard for him not to think OF or mention.
the matter. lie has no desire to enter.
the White House again in any capacity.
Indeed he seems to have a horror OF
the place. His presence there after the as
sassinauon OF his father and again after
the shooting Of President Garfield has
caused him to associate thoughts of vio-
lence apd death with the presidential Office
of which he cannot rid himself. IL il be-
iieved that he has a superstitious feeling
that If he were elected president he would
himself be in danger OF assassi nation. To
q well known army officer, not long ago,
who inquired Of him about his presidential
chances. Mr.. Lincoln replied: IF you ever
hear OF my wanting the Office or being a
candidate for it. you may declars that i
am an idiot and | will confess IT,"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
A Tramp Who Paid His b

':Do YOU know it is a funny miE1
but we have entertained many an sHz>
unawares in this way. Not . er::
while ago a very impressiscloSS'
maj cane TO the desk, and, saying {
was i'm hard luck and a perfect slfsns3
in the city. asked us to give him
breakfast. He said he had Just fna9
from Australia and was awaiting 4
mittancc from England. Wei, weeee
no stock in that par; OF his story =;
he got his breakfast all the ssne =.
was most profuse in his thanks !
must have been nearly y mouth slss
we saw him again. Then he en's'9
the hotel very modestly, rccog''f~ :,
clerk who had befriended hin. Z
asked for a suite of rooms on the I
lor floor. At the same I me nc az,
the clerk to take care of about tze'
mostly in English money. IL u'n'
out that he was the young 0 "
English lord, who had been tfo'es
around the globe, and had simpiym !,
ed connections when he REACHED e
York. He was with US for =
months, and before he left hai kng
ed a large hole in that f2OVo-
York Sug.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25

4 is just 100 years since the first
newspaper was published west Of the
Alleghanies. 1t was established at
Lexington, KY, then Virginia. by John
Bradford. a name already famous In
connection with American newspaper
enterprise. In the Magazine OF Amer
lean History has been recently pub.
lished a full account of Bradford's en-
terprise and fac-similes OF his Ken.
lucky Gazette. Among the earlier adj
yertssements appeared one to the ef.
feet that persons who subscribed tos
the new church could pay in clttle or
in whisky. The Constitution of the
United States, just adopted. was pub
lished by him in an early number.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
x...ar. from the Queen to the Pe..ld.as.

The following reply to the presidents
eongratulatory telegram sent on the occa-
sion OF her jnbilee celebration has just been
received from Queen Victoria.
Our Good Friend: We have received
from the hands Of Mr.. Phelps, the United
States minister at our court, the letter
which you addressed to us on the 26th
of May last. and in which you convey your
congratulations and those OF the people OF
the United States On the occasion OF the
celebration OF the fftieth anniversary Of
our accession TO the throne. We
request you TO accept our best
thanks for this proof OF friend
ship and good will. which, with the similar
proofs We nave received from the rulers
and people OF other states, has caused us
the most sincere qualification. In thank.
ing you also FOR the choice which you have
made OF Mr. Phelps to be the interpreter of
your sentiments on this occasion, we re-
quest you to accept in return our best
wishes Tor your cwn uninterrupted happi-
ness and welfare. and for the prosperity OF
the United States OF America, and so we
recommend yon to the protection OF the
Almighty. Given Mt our court at Windsor
Castle, July Is, 1882.
Your good friend, VERONA, r. l..
SALISBURY.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
secrataru Fairchild hu his oaar !,

Secretary Fairchild by his offer to
prepay interest, TO say nothing OF
his call for bids opthe 4 IL per cent.
bonds, has wiped out all risk of a
stringency from the accumulation OF
funds in the treasury until Congress
meets: but when Congress assemblies
the reduction in revenue made must
be vigorous, immediate and unhesitat-
ng or February and March next will
see a greater accumulation than ever
unless the government expenditures
shall be university increased by en-.
actments OF that body.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
penn.,l,.rl. n punllt.n cen,eptIen.

The State Convention at Harrisburg
vas SHINY attended, the only nomina-
lions being Capt. w. S. Hart for state
treasurer and Judge Williams for the SUI
preme court. The platform Endorses the
state government; advocates n protective
tariff and the restriction OF Immigration;
iavors bounties upon exports IN American
bottoms and the submission OF a prohibit
tion amendment TO the people; declares in
favor OF a dependent bin; arraigns the ma.
ticnal administration for general imbe-
cility; advocates primary elections for
nominating candidates for congress and
the state senate says; The Republicans OF
Pennsylvania. the native state of Hon.
James @. Blaine. will view with high pleas
IRE his nomination for She presidency In
the campaign OF 1888. Accident cannot
abate the love Of n great party. nor the
admiration of a great people, for a states
nan true alike to his convictions and to
MS country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
The summer Resort ouaan.

The most imperturable individual is
the woman who occupies more chairs
than she can sit in on a thronged YER
anda of a summer resort. Year after
year she is there and is assaulted violent
ly by the newspaper correspondents, bu,
she is not the less numerous or calmly
this season. She will sit in one chair,
rest her arm on the second, and nut
her foot on the third, while all around
her are people without seats.
us this chair engaged?'' some unfa,
miliar man or unsophis;icated woman
Will ask.
She lifts her eyes in gentle audacity,
and she will have to construe that As
an affirmative. for she dosen't deigu
to speak a yes. and her glove and gai.
ter quite effectually retain the empty
seats MS her more corporeal self does
the Other. Philadelphia Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25

1t was . remarkable funeral pro-
eession that moved. the other day
with the body of the dead editor
Katkoff to his tomb in Moscow. The
devotion to him was such that during
the whole march, over Il distance OF
20 miles, the bier was not once laid
on a carriage, but Ia borne by relays
of relatives, students, journalists,
mechanics, tradesmen and peasants.
His bold upon the people was extra
ordinary, and his death was felS to be
q public affection.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25

John Chinaman has discovered that
the libel laws OF this country can be
used effectively to annoy or punish
those who criticise him adversely. and
proposes TO utilize the discovery.
The Detroit Free Press stated tia.
Sam Woo fought sparrows in hs es.
Enlistment. and Sam has gone into
the United States Court and asked for
$40. 900 damages for libel. John is
an apt learner of one ofthe most rep
rehehsible practices of American
scurlla ways.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25

Il transpires that about $4,000
Brisssh subjects living in Massachu-
sets. Since the Faneuil hall muss,
when several heads wsre damaged and
the queens jubilee local celebration
was held amid a startling uproar
around the cradle of liberty" a
movement has been begun to have
these aforesaid thousands natufaliz-
-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25

The Castle Garden Commissioners
resolved themselves into wife-hunters
lately for the benefit OF a German res
ident OF Reading who believed that it
is not good for man to be alone. The
would-be Benedic: asked for a wife,
specifying that she must be about 2s
years Of age and weigh about $50
pounds; Not withstanding the fact
that girls of that age seldom come
up to that weight, one was found who
filed the specifications to a nicely.
Furthermore the cir: expressed her
self satisfied withil man. and they
were married after an acquaintance
OF hall an hour.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
Hard set.Rack.

There were half a dozen OF Is lid
around the depot at yerbeaa. y
when an old darky, evidently ipt
from the plantation after 'bacez
groceries, hove in sight.
Now. boys" said the Colonel IS!
all remarked the old man. '.yoa \
still aud I'll scare that old niger /
of a years growth"
With that he called TO Sambo
the old man came up. doffed bis has
asked what was wanted.
I'm Gen. ID. Erastus LongfsII,
and have been sent down here bf
United States Government to LOOK
the marriage certificates Of cob
people. Have you got yours !
you?"
'tN.no, sah.n
You haven't! Then it. is at =
house?'
..N-no, sah."
What! Have you no marriage
tificate to show?"
deed l haven't. sah."
"Then, sir. let me inform you
the penalty is five years in State Pm
Did you lose your certificateFs
Reckon not, sah."
Never had one?"
"Nebber."
''Great snakes! but it win 90 B
with you. Uncle Mosesl | hate 10
you from your family and send you
prison for the rest of your days
duty must be obeyed. No certih'
of marriage, never had one az
don't suppose you can remember
married your
mo, sab. / can't"
..E Pluribus Unum! But won-t
catch i'll Where and when were
married?"
"Nowhar, sab! Nebbcr got nj
tall. Allus dun bin what you '
folks call an old bach-haw! haw!h
Detroit Free Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
rae ch.t,rortA R.llre.a pl..t.r.

A late dispatch says: The damages on
account OF the accident win be little short
Of 81, 000, 600. Probably so people will
lie; IS, 900 Is the limit that can BIS collect
ID for a dead person. This one item will
figure up $40O, 900. The seriously wound
I'd may collect $4,000 or $4,000 each;
add to this loss OF business and the dam
age to property and the disaster viii cost
the company a round sum. Henry L.
Beach, editor OF the Pan Handle Advo-
cate Of Piper City. blames the section men
and the engineer for the disaster. That
\ fire and smoke were seen in the neighbour
rood OF the bridge Wednesday afternoon
the 10thinst. hesays, is confr Nlei by many
farmers. who live in the neigIborkood OF
the bridge. and were the section foreman
more attentive and strict in the perform
ance OF his duties the accident would never
have happened.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25

The prohibition vote in Texas
though many thousand short of a
majority, was large enough to be high
ly respectable 1t was confined to no
party. race or nationality. Large
numbers of Republicans. including
the Germans and two-thirds at least
OF the colored voters, Opposed the
amendment. while q prcat-nrany Dem
ocrats, under this lead of men like
Calbertson. SeageD and Maxey, voted
for it. The letter OF Jefferson Davis
against the measure, is said to have
been Instrumental in turning many
votes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25


An interesting instance of promp.
ness in changing an editorial position
has been furnished by the St. Joseph
Gazette. There was a prospect that
an immense packing establishment
would be opened in st. Joseph, and
the Gazette duly and happily congrat.
ulated the citizens. Suddenly it was
decided to select another city for the
business, ~whereupon the Gazette fer
vently remarked: 1--WE do not be-
lieve that the addition OF a few hnn-
dred beet-skinners, hog-scrapers. and
the like. employed at thelowest wages
and in the close comm inion ofasreat
hog and beef sIaughterin house. would
BE- an element OF society greatly to be
desired in the fair city of st. Joseph"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
New Featnras

The good old deacons who nrs' !
stituted camp-meetings on the ~.
of Lake C~hautauqua usedto be oean',
to the relaxation of going iisslns
swimming after prayers, but = !.
summer university grew, the
bilitics Of amusement likewise meis-
ed. First a theater was made oas =.
rival tabernacle across the lake, '0's
beer-garden iourished, then esn,s
zoo and amateur regatta, aad nov,
of all, a prize fight You can IS
ology in all styles and lots oss"
theology at Chautauqua this sesss''
Buffalo Erpress.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-08-25
The Hawaian loan iust manipuIat-

The Hawaiian loan just manipulate
ed in London was issued by a syndi-
cate that deducted f35. 900 from the
1900, 900 borrowed for its commiss-
se=and charges, and then paid them
selves the interest due next January
on the full amount. Shortly after the
loan becomes due, British men-of-war
viii make their appearance as col.
Iectipe agents.